Wanamaker
Americannoun
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“Denny devised a miniature radio plane, remote-controlled, which became the basis for drones in World War II,” and was used to train fighter pilots, Wanamaker says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
Early motion pictures were obsessed with movement, Wanamaker says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
The closest thing to Black Friday was the January White Sales, invented by the Philadelphia retailer John Wanamaker in 1878.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Once his mastery of The Green Mile got him out in front on Saturday evening, there was an inevitability about who would hold the Wanamaker Trophy aloft 24 hours later.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
These abuses assumed such proportions that in 1889 the Postmaster-General, Mr. Wanamaker, brought them to the notice of Congress and asked a remedy.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.
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